Soon after the meeting convened, the Liberal committee members voted to adjourn. Conservatives and New Democrats shouted ‘cover-up!’
OTTAWA — Liberal MPs have used their majority on the House of Commons justice committee to shut down an opposition attempt to call Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify again on the SNC-Lavalin affair.
They were able to force the committee to meet, but couldn’t control what happened when it did. According to committee rules, a motion to adjourn takes precedence over anything else the committee might do. When he testified, Butts put the dispute down to a series of miscommunications and misunderstandings.
“If they were going to let her speak, they could have done it today … Justin Trudeau is transforming the justice committee into the Justin committee.”
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